Metatrachelas macrochelis (Wunderlich, 1992)
Description
Male
Prosoma orange-brown, slightly rugose. Prosoma length: 1.47 mm. Chelicerae orange, promargin with 3 teeth, increasing in size towards base of fang, retromargin with 2 teeth. Sternum smooth, greyish yellow, margin darker. Legs orange. Opisthosoma greyish green with 4 paler spots around sigilla in anterior half and 5-6 pale chevrons in posterior half, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length male: 2.95 mmFemale
Prosoma brown. Prosoma length: 1.26 mm. Chelicerae yellow-brown, granulated, otherwise as in males. Sternum smooth, brown, margin darker- Legs I-II orange, legs III-IV orange-yellow. Opisthosoma dark greenish grey with two pale pear-shaperd patches followed by 2 light transveral patches in anterior half and 5-6 pale chevrons in posterior half, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length female: 2.84-3.71 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Distribution List
References
Beladjal L, Bouseksou S, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Alioua Y, Bosmans R (2025) First exhaustive catalog of spiders of Algeria (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5598: 1-185 
Bosselaers J, Urones C, Barrientos J A, Alberdi J M (2009) On the Mediterranean species of Trachelinae (Araneae, Corinnidae) with a revision of Trachelas L. Koch 1872 on the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Arachnology 37: 15-38
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2